Improvement in headache remedies



UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

HENRY W. HOLLON, OF SKANEATELES, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEADACHE REMEDIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,627, dated January25, 1876; application filed October 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. HOLLON, of the town of Skaneateles, countyof Onondaga and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Medical Gompositions, which is fully set forth in thisspecification.

My invention relates to that class of compositions of matter which arevaluable for their medical properties and curative effects; and consistsin a medical composition for the alleviation or cure of headache,whether it be caused by gastric disarrangement, the use of intoxicatingdrinks, any nervous affection, mental or physical excitement, or othercause.

My composition consists of tincture of gentian, one ounce; aromaticspirits of ammonia, one ounce; water, four ounces; bromide of sodium,twenty grains, and tincture lupulin, onehalf ounce.

The ingredients should be mixed, and the mixture should be thoroughly,and, if necessary. repeatedly, filtered.

I do not confine myself to the specified proportions, as in some casesthe proportions may be varied, and the same benefits result; but I havefound that the proportions stated produce great remedial eifects, andprefer them.

The remedy should be administered in doses of two table-spoonfuls, andrepeated at short intervals until improvement is perceptible or the painis removed.

What I claim, and Wish to secure by Letters Patent, isr A medicalcomposition consisting of gentian and, aromatic spirits of ammonia,bromide of sodium, and tincture of lupulin, as and for the purpose setforth.

' HENRY W. HOLLON.

Witnesses:

B. F. PEIHERAM, G. O. BENCH.

